MCPHERSON — McPherson baseball coach Heath Gertsner is a 2-time state champion with a sharp memory. The Bullpups (18-3) handed the Panthers their second shutout 5-0 to avenge a recent 15-0 setback to Great Bend.
Great Bend (17-5) owns the second-best 5A West record and plays 6A Manhattan (14-4) Wednesday and Garden City (6-12) Friday.
MCPHERSON 5, PANTHERS 0 (G2) — McPherson all-stater Ian Razak (7-1) who struck out seven batters and yielded a single to Ian Premer. Razak (0.16 ERA) has yielded one earned run in 44 innings. Razak has started four games ending in a shutout. Reliever Carter Allen retired six consecutive batters.
McPherson tagged Panther ace Carson Umphres five runs, three earned. Umphres (5-2, 1.23 ERA) has 54 strikeouts in 451/3 innings.
McPherson's Takoda Linn scored on Carter Bengtson's second-inning single. Linn scored on Brody Doile's fourth-inning single. Brody Seidl and Brock Richardson scored on Razak's fifth-inning single. Bengston's single scored Linn.
PANTHERS 5, JUNCTION CITY 3 (G1) — Daxton Minton (5-1, 2.95)
Junction City 000 102 0 — 3 7 1
Great Bend 030 002 x — 5 9 0
Cay and Tyson. Herrman, Minton (6) and Wondra. W—Minton, 5-1. L—Cay. 2B—GB—Ribordy; JC—Tyson, Harris.
Great Bend 000 000 0 — 0 1 3
McPherson 010 130 x — 5 10 1
Umphres, Ribordy (6) and Kaiser. Razak, Allen (6) and Allen. W—Razak. L—Umphres 5-2. 2B—Mc—Razak.
PANTHER PITCHING—Umphres 5-2, 0.88 ERA; 49 K/401/3; Herrman 4-1, 1.88 ERA; Minton 5-1, 3.01 ERA; Kaiser 2-0, 2.52 ERA; Mohr 1-1, 3.94 ERA; Ribordy 0-0, 2.98 ERA; Oelger 0-0, 0.00 ERA
PANTHER BATTING—Minton .520, 23-59; 21 R, 17 RBI, 5-2B; Ribordy .426, 23-55; 14 R, 20 RBI, 1-2B, 1-3B; Premer .404, 21-52; 19 R, 14 RBI, 7-2B, 2-3B; Umphres .399, 23-59; 31 R, 19 RBI, 3-2B, 2-3B, 4-HR; Kern, .312; 15-48; 12 R, 24 RBIl 2-2B, 1-HR; Schartz .312, 5-16; 9R, 2 RBI; Wondra, .263; 15-57; 14 RBI; 2-2B; Mohr .245, 12-49; 16 R, 12 RBI; Kaiser .204, 11-54; 6 R, 10 RBI; Herrman .125, 3-24, 4 RBI
5A WEST SEEDING (TOP 4 HOME FIELD)—1—Wichita Carroll 18-5; 2—Great Bend 17-5; 3—Topeka Seaman 18-6; 4—Maize South 16-8; 5—Salina Central 15-9; 6—Emporia 13-8; 6—Hays High 13-8; 8—Hutchinson High 15-10; 9—Goddard Eisenhower 13-9; 10—Salina South 14-10; 11—Valley Center 15-11; 11—Andover 15-11; 13—Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel 10-10; 14—Andover Central 10-12; 15—Goddard 8-16; 16—Arkansas City 5-19; DNQ—Topeka West 4-16; DNQ—Newton 4-17
4A WEST (TOP 4 HOME FIELD)—1—McPherson 20-3; 2—Mulvane 19-4; 3—Pratt 18-4; 4—Concordia 15-5; 5—Clay Center 15-6; 6—Buhler 17-7; 7—Hoisington/Central Plains 14-6; 8—Larned/La Crosse 15-7; 9—Wellington 17-8; 10—Lyons/Sterling 13-7; 11—Abilene 14-10; 12—Clearwater 15-11; 13—Chapman 11-11; 14—Andale/Garden Plain 10-14; 15—Rose Hill 8-14; 16—Circle 9-17; DNQ—Ulysses 4-14; DNQ—Winfield 1-21; DNQ—Hugoton 0-20
2-1A WEST—1—Hays TMP 16-2 vs. 8—Oberlin 0-14 vs. 9—Ell-Saline 0-16 winner; 4—Ellinwood 9-11 vs. 5—Bennington 7-11; 2—Salina Sacred Heart 15-5 vs. 7—Republic County 2-18; 3—Ellis 13-8 vs. 6—Plainville 2-12
LARNED 6, NICKERSON 3 (G1) — Larned
LARNED 10, NICKERSON 0 (G2) — Larned
Larned 041 100 0 — 6 7 1
Nickerson 012 000 0 — 3 6 4
Regan, Miller (6), Shaver (7) and Shaver. Rodarte, Abernathy (7) and Hedrick. W—Regan. L—Rodarte. 2B—L—Shaver; N—Rist.
Larned 200 03(15) — 20 8 2
Nickerson 00 001 — 2 4 5
Miller, Shaver (4) and Shaver. Abernathy, Shelton (2), Jarrett (6), Smith (6), Morrell (6) and Hedrick. W—Miller. SV—Shaver. L—Abernathy. 2B—L—Gonzalez, Morgan; N—Rist.
LARNED 20, NICKERSON 1 (G1) — Larned
LARNED 23, NICKERSON 0 (G2) — Larned
Larned 44(12) — 20 15 0
Nickerson 100 — 1 2 3
Wood and Hedding. Terhune and Powell. W—Wood. L—Terhune. 2B—N—Powell. 3B—L—Crosby, Wood. HR—L—Hedding.
Larned (14)90 — 23 16 0
Nickerson 000 — 0 0 2
Wood and Hedding. Kreutzer, Groth (2) and Huggard. W—Wood. L—Kreutzer. 2B—L—Lemuz. HR—L—Lemuz.
